Project Grant DESC0020476

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $213,430 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program to The Ohio State University to develop a novel, miniature, fiber-optic multiparameter sensor capable of simultaneously measuring critical water quality and greenhouse gas parameters in lakes. The goal is to create an easy-to-deploy, cost-effective sensor that can provide high-resolution, year-round data to better understand the carbon...

This $650,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) supports the development of engineered microbial sensors for assessing water quality. The primary objective is to create new low-cost sensing systems that can detect chemicals in water throughout the water cycle, including wastewater treatment, drinking water, industrial use, and stormwater discharges. The project employs a convergence research...

This $175,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program (CFDA 10.212) focuses on developing new low-cost, multiparameter microsensors for quantitatively monitoring pollutants in surface and groundwater. The award to Syntro TEK Corporation will enable the creation of an EPA-compliant analytical test method using novel, self-calibrating microsensor technology...

The US Geological Survey, through its Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program, awarded Purdue University $300,000 in Cooperative Agreement funding from August 1, 2023 through July 31, 2025. The award will support Purdue University's development of borehole tools to measure three-dimensional groundwater flow direction and velocity during long-term deployment. Key deliverables include a minimum of four working prototypes of a borehole sensor that uses temperature...

The Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey awarded a $259,359 Cooperative Agreement to the Regents of the University of Idaho under the Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805). The project aims to develop and validate a heat-pulse groundwater flowmeter that can measure all three velocity components with hourly time resolution, enabling long-term deployments in groundwater monitoring wells. The University of Idaho will collaborate with Rapid...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded a $200,000 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) to develop a fiber optic multiparameter sensor (FOMS) capable of long-term, under-ice monitoring of critical climate components in lakes. The goal is to simultaneously measure parameters like carbon dioxide, methane, temperature, pH, salinity, and...

This $2,495,019 project grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), will support the development and deployment of a smart, cloud-connected electrochemical sensor network to monitor drinking water quality in several socioeconomically diverse Massachusetts communities. The University of Massachusetts Lowell will work with community stakeholders and sub-awardees Loyola University Chicago, the Young Women's...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a $3,904,266 Cooperative Agreement to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) to develop small, low-cost, multiparameter carbon sensors that can be fabricated at scale. The 3-year project, starting on June 7, 2024, aims to create sensor "motes" that can cost-effectively monitor the evolution and fate of marine carbon dioxide across broad spatial and temporal scales. The sensors will...

The U.S. Geological Survey awarded a $499,999 Cooperative Agreement under the Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805) to Cornell University to develop a distributed sensor network that integrates edge-AI and photogrammetric techniques to automate real-time urban flood monitoring and mapping. Key deliverables include: A minimum viable product (MVP) sensor network to map urban pluvial flood extents and depths in real-time, including storm sewer stage...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) provides $400,000 over 3 years to the Regents of the University of Michigan to develop a novel self-powered multimodal MEMS sensor system that can simultaneously detect pH, pressure, and temperature in marine environments. The researchers aim to create an innovative, highly sensitive, and energy-efficient sensor to support marine carbon dioxide removal (MCDR) efforts by providing uninterrupted,...